THE supremely Scottish series nine of Doctor Who promises to be even more darkly thrilling than before. Watch the new teaser trailer here.

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MacWHOVIANS rejoice! The second teaser trailer for the supremely Scottish series nine of Doctor Who is now with us, and it promises to be even more darkly thrilling than before.

Glaswegian Peter Capaldi returns as the twelth time lord to the BBC1 series on September 19th. His coat is Crombie and his TaRDis is tartan.

He is the third Scot to take on the role, after Sylvester McCoy and David Tennant. Unlike Tennant, he has chosen to play the sci-fi icon without resorting to a generic English accent. Hearing him roar “I’m the Doctor! And I save people!” in his deliciously raspy Glaswegian brogue has got to be one of the best advertisements for the accent.

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Capaldi brings to the role the famously dry sense of humour that Glaswegians can proudly boast of. Most notably, he is the first Doctor to be gifted an entire episode to himself. That’s right, Whovians, 45 unspoiled minutes of that famous Scottish charisma.

Fellow Glaswegian Michelle Gomez also returns to the series, with her own wickedly quirky take on the Doctor’s arch-nemesis, The Master. (Or, in this case, Missy.) And with Paisley local Steven Moffat as the series boss, it is no exaggeration to suggest that Gallifrey is getting gallus ...